tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post7124376164737397960..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: The Granddaddy of the Rubber RoomGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-75586810989952883052010-12-29T04:56:39.590-05:002010-12-29T04:56:39.590-05:00seems that if he retired, he could pull even more ...seems that if he retired, he could pull even more in than his current salary. If his contract has the taxpayers footing his retirement as well as his salary, he is actually saving the taxpayers money by staying "on the job".<br />He could be pulling even more than the 97+ up to over 100+.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904120914423802777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-75011847797794947082010-12-28T21:33:03.626-05:002010-12-28T21:33:03.626-05:00If the head of the whole NYC school system says ta...If the head of the whole NYC school system says take this person to work in your department and evaluate him for on his job performance. I can't believe that someone is going to say no. If the guy does a good job, you are getting some work out of him. If he doesn't, you go through the process to fire him for poor performance. Just to let him sit there is not accomplishing anything other then wasting taxpayers money.John from Pennsylvaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14037277947235149451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-31245615461716653762010-12-28T18:07:28.429-05:002010-12-28T18:07:28.429-05:00John--a couple of points. Obviously, Mr. Pierre s...John--a couple of points. Obviously, Mr. Pierre survived the legal and administrative process. But more than a few guilty people walk free every day, for a variety of reasons. <br /><br />And, as you observe, plenty of innocent individuals survive the judicial process and deserve another shot. More than a few teachers in NYC and other locations have returned to the classroom after cases were adjudicated in their favor. But that's not the case with Roland Pierre; something tells me that Joel Klein saw something in the report that told him the teacher was likely guilty and should not be returned to the classroom.<br /><br />Then why not put him a curriculum development job or some other administrative post? Again, I'm reading between the lines, but it's probably a safe bet that Pierre was a mediocre teacher in the first place and no one wants him as part of their team. So, thanks to tenure and union protection, Mr. Pierre can sit in the rubber room until death (if he chooses) and still pull down $97,000 a year.<br /><br />I agree that some issues may be more difficult to resolve than they might otherwise appear, but letting a guy sit in a rubber room for 7-8 years after his case was adjudicated is no solution. <br /><br />So why hasn't Mr. Pierre been returned to the classroom? The charges against him have been legally aGeorge Smileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-9874042090839956922010-12-28T16:20:51.317-05:002010-12-28T16:20:51.317-05:00It is called due process. When I was a company com...It is called due process. When I was a company commander I could not give a soldier a field grade article 15 under UCMJ. If I could convince my battalion commander that it reached to that level he would give the article 15 at his level. If there is an issue with a contract, contracts are negotiable. I know districts who like to let go of teachers who have been in the district for an extended period because they can hire two beginning teachers for the salary of the more experienced teacher when they have budget problems. In a city as big as NY, if they have a problem with a teacher they can look at putting them in a staff position developing curriculum or something like that where there is no contact with students until they are able to discharge them if that is their intent. I had an intel sergeant who was court-martialed and found innocent. It was either put him back in his slot or leave it empty until he rotated out of the unit. What would you do in that case? Things aren't always are easy to solve as they seem.John from Pennsylvaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14037277947235149451noreply@blogger.com